NBC News Fires Back At Glenn Greenwald's McCaffrey Report (UPDATE: Greenwald Responds)

So NBC took the time to write a letter that confirms the major elements of Glenn Greenwald's story: They DID have Barry McCaffrey speak on Iran at a recent editorial board meeting. It IS their policy to hear from "leading analysts" like McCaffrey. Nowhere do they even address the central issue raised by Greenwald's piece. McCaffrey has multiple conflicts of interest which were well established by Pulitzer-winning reportage. Yet they conclude that Greenwald's piece was "woefully inaccurate." It would help their case if they could point out a single inaccuracy as opposed to demonstrating how accurate it was.

Greenwald's piece is worth reading for a number of reasons including the images from McCaffrey's powerpoint presentation. Note the use of the flag icon boasting his four star general status. McCaffrey's been retired since 1996. But this creepy influence peddler and war profiteer still expects everyone to stand up and salute. And NBC seems all too willing to do so.

Michele Bachmann At CPAC: Former GOP Candidate Slams Prop 8 Ruling, Meets Chuck Woolery

"Majority rules," he said, dismissing the idea that minorities need protections. "We were born with natural rights. We don't need civil rights. [African-Americans] don't need civil rights. They don't need them. They have inalienable rights granted by God in the Constitution. I mean, I'm discriminated against all the time. I don't care. It doesn't bother me. [I'm discriminated against] because I'm old. I'm too old to get a job as a game show host. They say, well, the guy's 71 and in five years he'll be 76. And I’m a one per center, and I'm absolutely discriminated against as a one per center."

Yes, the age discrimina­tion that keeps millionair­e septuagena­rians from being game show hosts is a real tragedy. It's our national shame and I'm surprised Woolery isn't more outspoken about the injustice. I guess being able to nap on piles of money makes it all a little easier to bear.

So a people who were brought to this country as slaves and faced discrimina­tion and lynching are just like retired entertaine­rs. As are people who are denied their inalienabl­e right to get married and visit their loved ones in hospital... because God wrote the US Constituti­on... huh... (???)

SaveUsChuc­kWoolery.c­om = Narcissist

Santorum Backer Says Newt Gingrich Looks Like Paula Deen

Far more insulting to Paula Deen than it is to Newt. I can't believe how juvenile this beauty contest has gotten. I'm embarrasse­d for the lot of them.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

Karen Handel, Susan G. Komen Executive, Quits Over Planned Parenthood Dispute

"I openly acknowledg­e my role in the matter and continue to believe our decision was the best one for Komen's future and the women we serve." ~ Karen Handel upon her resignatio­n from Susan G. Komen Foundation

FLASHBACK: "Well, let me just for the record tell you, Karen did not have anything to do with this decision." ~ Nancy Brinker, founder of Susan G. Komen Foundation in an interview with Andrea Mitchell

Where I come from, we call that lying.

Shadrack McGill, Alabama State Senator, Says Keeping Teacher Pay Low 'A Biblical Principle'

"Teachers need to make the money that they need to make," McGill said, according to the Times-Journal. "If you double a teacher's pay scale, you'll attract people who aren't called to teach ... and these teachers that are called to teach, regardless of the pay scale, they would teach. It's just in them to do. It's the ability that God give 'em."

Exactly. That's why we need to cap CEO pay. People who are called to be CEOs do it for the love of it. You throw mad amounts of money at these people and they start making really bad decisions.­.. as we've seen.

Newt Gingrich Florida Primary Results 2012: The Candidate Who Refuses To Operate Within Reality

Like school on Saturday. No class.

Gingrich, in fact, never even congratula­ted Romney on his win.